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Michael Johnston on the “Human Business” of Education
… Despite the protests that followed his selection as this year’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) Convocation speaker, Michael Johnston , … to decide, and the will to love as the fundamental values of the “human business” of education. Underscoring the …
A Matter of Words
… panelist"? If you guessed "At least one," go on to the next round and meet Tony Kahn '66, who appears regularly … across the country. The show features competing teams, offbeat questions about language and literature, and a … round in which Kahn once gave the meaning of "interpolate" as "to arrest in several countries at …
Issue: September-October 2001
Taking Stock of Harvard’s Athletics Culture
… L. Scalise, who arrived at Harvard in 1974 as head coach of the men’s lacrosse team, announced that he would retire at the end of this academic year . In an interview with Harvard …
Off the Shelf
… I mperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War, by Marvin Kalb, Murrow professor of practice emeritus (Brookings Institution, $29). … their “historical, biographical, and creative origins.” The Rise of the Right to Know, by Michael Schudson, Ph.D. ’76 …
Issue: September-October 2015
Back to the Bond Market...
… Harvard is in the process of issuing $730 million of tax-exempt revenue … revenue bonds. As a result, total debt outstanding will rise from $6.3 billion at the end of the last fiscal year …
Off the Shelf
… Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies , by Sara Lewis ’75, RI ’90 … to quietly devastating (“Cities are destroyed by fire / And rise again; / Conquering armies melt away, / Hemorrhaging …
Issue: May-June 2016
Of Solar Panels and Salvaged Sinks
… As fuel costs skyrocket and concerns grow about the world's energy resources, the idea of creating a more energy-efficient home becomes more … not economical," says Henry Lee '68, M.P.A. '74, director of the environmental and natural resources program at …
Issue: September-October 2001
Getting and Spending
… The University’s annual financial accounting—usually a … The new title (the fusty Financial Report to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College has given way to a more … the prior year, was a principal factor. The $23.2-million rise in revenue from continuing and executive education …
Issue: November-December 2007
Wizard of Treys
… '01, and he should know. In November, Clemente became the twentieth player in Harvard history to score more than … on the all-time scoring list, plus break the Crimson record of 167 three-pointers held by Mike Gilmore '96. "Dan has … the gym--repetition," he says. He has done things that surprised even him. Last year, after the third game, he noticed …
Controlling Conflicts of Interest
… its policies governing faculty members' potential conflicts of interest in conducting their research. The revisions maintain the basic … Photograph by Stu Rosner Why should such problems even arise? First, faculty members are permitted to use 20 percent …
Issue: September-October 2004
Pamelyn Bennett
… When Pamelyn Bennett began working at the National Airport Marriott Hotel, in Washington, D.C., … she “decided to make a few phone calls and get a little bit of help for them,” arranging a driver and providing … Born and raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, she spent much of her childhood at Temple Beth Shalom, where her mother …
Issue: November-December 2024
Lines of Support
… I always use the same stall in the women’s bathroom near the superintendent’s office on the first floor of Adams House—the last one on the right. It’s strange to …
Issue: March-April 2013
Synthetic Biology’s New Menagerie
… In the summer of 2009, a team of Cambridge University … prize at that year’s International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition, in which high-school and … “Engineering biology for the good of the world.” No surprise, then, that synthetic biology has exerted such an …
Issue: September-October 2014
Shruthi Kumar ’24, Senior English Address: “The Power of Not Knowing”
… for delivery. For Kumar’s additional remarks, please read the accompanying article . The Power of Not Knowing Today, we are celebrated for what we know. In fact, for most of our lives, we’ve learned to feel a sense of …
Off the Shelf
… Saving Higher Education in the Age of Money, by James Engell ’73, Ph.D. ’78, Gurney … Hopkins University Press, $55). This massive volume surprises and charms with old-fashioned-drawings of bridges, …
Issue: May-June 2005